
Platts Select Flower Seeds 
Specialists in America have in recent years greatly improved many of our annuals and perennials 
through scientific plant breeding and selection. 
Continued important developments are sure to be of 
interest. We have given much care to secure these finer strains, and careful comparisons will show they 
are superior to those ordinarily obtainable. We are confident that Platt’s Seeds will please both old and 
new customers, for they come from the world’s finest sources of supply. 
Abronia 
Pretty trailing annual; verbena-like heads of 
sweet-scented flowers; very effective in rock work 
or hanging baskets. 
te Rosy lilac. White eye. Per pkt., 10c.; 
OZ. 47-56. 
Abutilon (Flowering Maple) 
A tender perennial shrub, producing bell-shaped 
drooping flowers of various colors. 
Finest Mixed. (Hybridum Maximum). Per pkt., 
25c.; %-oz., 85c. 5 
Achillea 
“The Pearl” Ptarmica Fl. Pl. Improved. Double 
white, hardy perennial, grown easily from seed, 
blooms first season, if sown early, and continues in 
profusion all summer. Excellent as a cut flower; 
height 2 feet. Per pkt., 15c.; %4-oz., 75c. 
Acroclinium 
Annual, 20 inches high. Flowers everlasting, dou- 
ble, white and rose pink shades. Flowers in six 
weeks from seed. Sensation Giants are a much im- 
proved stock. 
Sensation Giants. 
files 
New. Per pkt., 10c.; ™%-oz., 
Ageratum 
A Mexican flower suitable for bedding or pot cul- 
ture. Blooms continually. Annual. 
Blue Perfection. Large flowered, free blooming, 
deep blue, eight inches. Pkt., 10c.; Special pkt., 25c.; 
oz., $2.50. 
Imperial Dwarf, White. Six inches. Per pkt., 10c.; 
oz., $2.50. 
Blue Ball Improved. Compact, uniform plants, 
five inches high, the richest shade of blue. Ideal for 
edging. Per pkt., 15c.; %-0z., 75c. 
Midget Blue. Three to four inches tall, uniform 
compact plants covered with small azure blue flow- 
ers. Truest and most compact. Silver Medal A. A. 
Selection for 1939. Pkt., 15c.; %-oz., $1.35. 
Agrostemma (Mullein Pink) 
An attractive, free-flowering hardy perennial, pro- 
ducing flowers on long, slender stems like a single 
pink; blossoms the first season. Foliage silvery white. 
Coronaria. (Rose of Heaven). Dark blood red. 
Per pkt., 10c.; oz., $1.00. 
Alyssum Sweet 
Invaluable plant for edging or ribbon 
blooming all summer. Hardy annual. 
Maritimum. Fragrant white; flowers all summer; 
height 9 in.; somewhat trailing, suitable for broad 
edgecstand vases. Pkt, l0¢.s, Special “pkt925c.-.oz,, 
45c. 
Compactum, Little Gem. 
Grows compact and erect; six inches. 
10c.; special pkt., 25c.; oz., 75c. 
Carpet of Snow. Two to three inches high. Fine 
for edging. Pkt., 10c.; special pkt., 25c.; oz., 85c. 
Violet Queen. A new, very pretty, bright violet 
alyssum which is a great improvement over Lilac 
Queen, being much deeper in color. The plant is 
dwarf and compact like Little Gem, making it ideal 
for edging or bedding. Height 4 in. Pkt., 10c.; %4-oz., 
A0c. 
« Saxatile Compactum. Single plants produce many 
hundred bright yellow flower-heads; 1 ft. Hardy 
perennial. Pkt., 10c.; special pkt., 25c.; oz., $1.00. 
Amaranthus 
Ornamental foliage plants of extremely brilliant 
and showy colors. Half-hardy annual. 
Tricolor. (Joseph’s Coat). Leaves yellow, red 
and green. Per pkt., 10c.; oz., $1.00. 
Caudatus. (Love Lies Bleeding). Flowers in 
bunches of long, drooping, chenille-like tassels. Per 
pkt., 10c.; 0z., 45c. 
lines, 
Best for general use. 
Per pkt., 
